Michael D. Johnson

TAMPA, Fla. — It was 35 degrees warmer and Lovie Smith's hat and sweatshirt had different colors and logos after Wednesday's practice at One Buc Place, but if you closed your eyes, you pictured him at Halas Hall delivering the same message. His glass is perpetually half-full and he's staying the course with the Buccaneers 2-8 entering Sunday's game at Soldier Field. Losses have piled up quicker than expected, but coming off a 27-7 victory over the Redskins, maybe things are beginning to settle. Predictably, he's not treating his return to Chicago as special. "I got paid by four schools in one calendar year so I have a lot of former places I have been...

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His glass...

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